EEG-01/BEGE-101 (2020-21) EM ISC

EEG-01/BEGE-101
From Language to Literature Assignment (Based on Blocks 1-6)
Course Code: EEG-01/BEGE-101 Maximum Marks: 100
Show your understanding of literary and non-literary prose by citing examples and discussing them in about 450 words (You may give the source)
2. Fill in the blank in the following passage with suitable prepositions:
The man was playing cards some other people. He
tried cheat the others using an extra card. Unfortunately,
he was caught the act and was subsequently shot death.
3. Make five words using the prefix ‘un’ as ‘unusual’
4. Correct the following sentences: (10)
(i) The barn was most large.
(ii) I am going to home.
(iii) Non-violence is a first article of my faith.
(iv) I have cooked lot of food.
(v) She is having a large bank balance.
5. Write short notes the following literary devices, giving examples in each case. (20)
• Metonymy
• Synecdoche
• Personification
• Hyperbole
6. Write a passage using rhetorical devices on a person or idea in about 300
words. (20)
7. Write short notes on any TWO of the following giving examples from literary
texts (10)
• Extension by Magnification
• Multiple meaning o words
• Overlap of meaning in Concrete Nouns
• Phrasal Verbs
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8. Give the meanings of the phrasal verbs used in the following sentences. (10)
a. She is beating about the bush.
b. I have developed cold feet for the job.
c. The boss called for the file.
d. I have decided to call it a day.
e. She rounded up the argument and ended all confusion.